Sheel reloader



Nov. l2, 1963 T. R. BENDA ETAL SHELL -RELOADER 4 Sheets-Sheet l FiledFeb. 16, 1961 Nov. 12, 1963 T. R. BENDA ETAL 3,110,214

SHELL ,RELOADER Filed Feb. 16, 1961v 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 12, 1963 T.R. BENDA ETAL SHELL RELOADER 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Feb. 16, 1961INVENTORS ri-0M e m04 Biff/W' 14. MSSS): w A/ ORNEYS Nov. 12, 1963 T. R.BENDA r-:TAL 3,110,214

SHELL 4RELOADER Filed Feb. 1e, 1961 4 sheets-sheet 4 weft/@4.94, y WATTORNEYS United States Patent Oii ice Patented Nov. l2, 1963,

3,1%,214 SHELL lillJ/aDER Theodore l2. Benda, Mt. Prospect, and KennethA. Hess,

Srq, Chicago, lll., assignors to Exc-el, luc., Franltlin Parlez, lill,la corporation et illinois Filed Een. te, wel, Ser. No. 89,764 3 Claims.(Cl. 86-36) This invention relates to improvements in shell reloadersfor reloading previously ired shells.

A princpal object of the invention is to pro'vide an irnproved apparatusfor reloading previously iired shells in a minimum number of 'operationsand in a more simpliiied manner than formerly.

A still further object of the invention is to improve upon previousshell reloaders by providing a single station which will deprime, sizethe shell case, size the primer hole in the shell case and reprime theshell in a single station.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel form ofprimer catcher operable upon depriming of the shell for catching thespent primer and ldischarging the spent primer away trom the shellreloader.

A still further object of the invention is to improve lupon previousshell rcloaders by providing indicator means on the reloader indicatingthe desire-d seating pressure for seating the over powder wad in theshell.

A still further object or" the invention is to provide a simplied andimproved form of shell reloader particularly adapted for loading shotgunshells, in which the shell is deprimed, sized, reprimed, filled withpowder, over powder and iiller wads, and iii-led with shot and crimped,in three successive stations all by the operation of a single operatinglever for the reloader.

Still another object of the invention is to improve upon the she-llreloaders heretofore known by providing a simplihed dorm of meteringdevice `for powder and shot so arranged as to prevent jamming of themetering device by shot during operation thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a simplified form ofmetering device for shell reloaders Afor metering powder and shot, inwhich the powder and shot are contained in clear receptacles and themetering device is hinged to the shell reloader to accommodate remo-valand replacement Iof the receptacles when in right side up positions.

A lstill furthe-r object `of the invention is to provide a shellreloader lfor shot shells or rifle and pistol shells so arranged as toaccommodate the conversion of the reloader from one type of shell to theother in a minimum amount of time.

These and other objects of the invention will more clearly appear fromtime to time as the following specification proceeds and with referenceto the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE l is a View in side elevation of a shell reloader constructed inaccordance with the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view ot the shell reloader shown in FlGURE l withthe cross bar, metering device and dies carried thereby removed andIwith the supporting columns for the cross vbar shown in horizontalsection;

`FGURE 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken through the `deprlnu'ng,sizing and repriming station of the shell reloader, showing the reloaderin the operation oit depriming a shot gun shell and sizing the metalcase and primer hole or" the shell;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken through thedepriming, sizing and reprirning station illustrating the .operation ofrepriming a shot gun shell;

FlGURE 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through thepowder and shot iilling station of the shell reloader, showing theoperation of seating an over powder wad over the powder in a shot l,gunshell;

FlGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view in side elevation, with certainparts broken away, illustrating the mounting of the powder and shotmetering dev-ice on the cross bar of the shell reloader;

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View taken through thepowder and shot metering device, showing the device in position to metershot to a shot gun shell; and

FIGURE 8 is a partial fragmentary end view of the shell-l reloader,drawn to a reduced scale, and showing the reloader converted *forloading rifle and pistol shells.

`ln the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, we haveshown generally a shell reloading apparatus in the general form of ahand press including a base lil having two columns id extending upwardlytherefrom adjacent `opposite ends thereof and forming a support for across head yl2 mounted on said columns for slidahle movement therealong.The cross head 12 has shell holders 13, l5 and i7 mounted thereon andproiecting upwardly therefrom.

The columns dll have a cross bar l@ mounted on the upper ends thereofand` secured thereto as by nuts 20 threaded on the upper end portions of'said columns and washers 2l intenposed between said nuts and the topside of said cross bar.

The cross bar t9 forms a support for a shell sizing die 22 having aprimer removing and primer hole sizing die 23 at the center thereof, andin axial alignment with the center of the shell holder l. A primer capholder is yieldably mounted on the base lil in axial alignment with theshell holder i3 and beneath said shell holder. rhe shell holder i3, dies22 and 23` and the primer cap holder 2d etlect the removal of the spentprimer cap from a shell, the sizing of the brass case of the shell, thesizing ofk the primer hole and the repriming of the shell all in an upand down operation of the cross head l2, by operation of a single handlever 25, as will hereinafter more clearly appear as this speciiicationproceeds.

The cross bar il@` also supports a depending hollow plunger 2e in axialalignment with the center of the shell holder 1.5 and in operativeassociation with a powder and shot metering device 27. The plunger 2oserves to conduct powder and shot to a shot gun shell in the shellholder l5, and to seat the over powder and ller wads in the shell, in amanner which will hereinafter be more clearly described as thisspeciiicationproceeds.

The cross bar i9 also has a hollow pin 29 depending therefrom, thecenter of which is in axial alignment with the center of the shellholder ll?. The hollow pin 29 has a shell sizing sleeve 3i?, for sizingthe paper casing of the shell, slidably mounted thereon and biased by aspring 32 into engagement with a head 3l. of a pin 34 depending from thecross bar 19 within the hollow pin 29. The shell sizing sleeve 30 andhead 31 of the pin 3d serve to crimp the end of the paper shell caseover the shot contained in the shell and to resize the paper shell casein a manner well known to the art so not herein shown or describedfurther.

Downward movement of the cross head l2 along the columns il, ll islimited by compression springs 33, 33 encirchlng the columns ll andseated on the base lill. rThe cross bar 12. is vertically moved alongthe columns lll by the hand lever 25 mounted on and projecting upwardlyfrom one end of a rock shaft 35. The roclrshaft 35 is suitablyjournalled in spaced bearing bosses 35 extending upwardly of the baseitl and has spaced lever arms 37 projecting therefrom along the outersides of the bearing bosses 36. Each lever arm 37 has a link 39pivotally connected thereto hy a pivot pin 4d. The links 39 arepivotally connected to opposite ends of the cross head 12 as by pivotpins fil, shown in FIGURE 1 as being in the form of machine screwsthreaded in opposite ends of the cross bar 12.

Movement of the hand lever 25 in a counterclockwise direction toward theground will eiect vertical movement of the cross head 12 from theposition shown in FIGURE l to the elevated position shown in FiGURE 3.

The shell holder 13 is generally annular in form and has a centralapertured portion 43 in axial alignment with fa sleeve portion 44,extending from said shell holder through the cross head 12 in axialalignment with the primer cap holder 24.

The shell holder 13 also has a semi-annular gib or lip 45 extendingthereabout for a part of the circumference thereof, for engaging the rimof the base of a shotgun shell, and retaining said shell in position onsaid shell holder.

The primer cap holder 24 is slidably mounted in a boss 46 extendingupwardly of the top face of the base 1t) and is biased in upwardlyextended relation with respect to said base by a compression spring 47,extending about said primer cap holder and interposed between the boss46 and a shoulder 48 formed by the underside of a head 49 for saidprimer cap holder. The top surface of the head 49 is adapted to have aprimer cap placed thereon and to insert the primer cap Within the primerhole of the shotgun shell upon downward movement of the cross head 12into the position shown in FIGURE 4.

The sizing die 22 is in the for-m of a shouldered collar -threaded onthe lower end portion of a sleeve th secured to and depending from thecross bar 19. The die 22 is made from hardened steel and has a slightlytapered inner sizing surface S1, engaging the periphery of the brasscasing of the shell and sizing the shell during movement of the sizingdie 22 therealong.

The depriming and primer hole sizing die 23 is shown in FIGURE 3 asbeing on the lower end of a pin 53 secured to the cross bar 19 coaxialwith the center of the apertured portion 43 of the shell holder 13.

When it is desired to remove a spent primer cap from the shell, thehandle 2S and lever arms 37 are moved in a direction which is shown inFIGURE 3 as being a. counterclockwise direction. This will raise thecross head 12 and bring the shell to pass within the sizing die 22, andwill also bring `the deprimer and the primer hole sizing die intoengagement with the spent primer cap for ejecting the primer cap fromthe base of the shell, to fall along the sleeve 11.4 into a primer capremoving tray 55.

It should be understood that the primer cap is removed from the base ofthe shell with a very slight movement of the base of the shell relativeto the depriming and sizing die 23, to release the primer cap from theshell, and that the periphery of the depriming and sizing die 23 is soformed as to size the primer hole upon continued movement of the shellalong the primer cap holder in the base of the shell.

The deprimer die 23 may be of such a size and shape as to Size theprimer hole for a selected size of prirner cap regardless of the size ofprimer cap that was previously used in the shell. Thus, with the shellreloader of the present invention, it is only necessary to stock onesize of primer cap for various shells having primer holes for primercaps of different diameters.

A primer cap remover or ejector in the form of an angularly movable tray55 is shown in FIGURE 3 as being mounted on the outer end of a lever arm56, secured to and extending radially of the shaft 35. The lever arm 56may be in the form of a rod extending within and secured to a drilledhole (not shown) in the shaft 35 and having an inturned end portion 54having a attened portion 58 extending through and suitably secured tothe primer cap remover 55 and holding said primer cap remover frommoving about the axis of the inturned end portion 54.

The relationship of the lever arm 56 with respect t0 tion, fordischarging the spent primer cap into a tray or other receptacle (notshown).

The shell holder 1.5, holding the shell for reloading is mounted on theupper end of a plunger 57, slidably mounted in the cross head 12, andencircled by a compression spring 59 interposed #between the top surfaceof the cross head 12 and the under portion of a base Gil for said shellholder. The shell holder 69 has a semicyiinidrical wall portion 61extending upwardly of the base 65B and terminating at its upper endportion in a cylindrical wall portion 63 receiving the upper portion ofthe shell. The wall portion 61 has a recessed portion 64 thereinadjacent the base 6@ for receiving the rim of the base of the shell. rhelbase @tl has a central recessed portion 65 therein coaxial with and oflarger diameter than the primer cap and providing relief between theprimer cap and the base o@ and thereby preventing accidental tiring ofthe shell by foreign material such as a piece of shot on the base, asthe over powder wad is seated within the shell.

The upper cylindrical portion 63 of the Shell holder 15 has a sleeve 66suitably mounted therein having spring ngers 67 extending inwardly anddownwardly therefrom for engagement within the upper portion of thepaper case of the shell for holding the case in outwardly extended openposition with respect to the shell and accommodatng the over powder andfiller wads to be seated Within the paper case of the shell.

Referring now in particular to FIGURE 5 and the indicator means forindicating the desired pressure to be exerted on the over powder wad bythe plunger 26, when seating said over powder wad in position within theshell, the plunger 57 has a reduced diameter portion 6d extending alongthe apertured guide of the cross head 12 for the plunger 57, anddepending 'from said cross head. The reduced ldiameter portion 63 has arecessed portion 69 extending thereabout having a washer 70 mountedtherein and abutting the bottom of the cross head 12 and limiting upwardmovement of the plunger 57 and the shell holder 15 with respect to saidcross head. A pin 71 depends from the reduced diameter portion 63 of theplunger 57. The pin 71 is threaded and has a relatively light spring 72extending thereabout and interposed between the bottom of the reduceddiameter portion 68 and an adjustment knob '73, threaded on said pin.The spring 72 is provided to bear against the adjustment knob 73 and toretain said knob in a selected position of adjustment, for a purposewhich will now be described. A bracket 75 is secured to the bottom ofthe cross head 12 and depends therefrom and has an inwardly extendingportion 76 extending under the adjustment knob 73 and spaced downwardlytherefrom. The inwardly extending portion 76 of the bracket 75 forms asupport for a bracket 77 depending from said inwardly extending portionand carrying a socket 79' for a light bulb 80. The bracket 77 isinsulated from the anm 76 of the bracket 75 by an insulating sleeve 81.A spring 33 is seated in said insulating sleeve and has electricalcontact with the bracket 77 to complete an energizing circuit to thebulb Si? as the plunger 5'7 and knob 73 are moved downwardly against thespring 59, as the cross head 12 is moving toward the plunger 26, to seatan over powder Wad in the shell. A battery 84 carried by a clip 85,provides the electric power to light the bulb 50 upon sufficientyielding of the spring 59 to accommodate the knob 73 to make contactwith the contact spring 83. As shown 5 in FIGURE 5, the other conductorto the socket 79 is shown as being a wirev 86 leading from a terminal 37connected with the battery S4 and having connection with the socket 79.

The knurled knob 73 may be adjustably moved along the pin 71 to engagethe Contact spring 213 at various desired pressures on the over powderwad, the light bulb S lighting as the knurled knob 73 engages thecontact spring 3-3, and thereby indicating a selected pressure on theover powder wad. The knurled knob 73 may be adjusted to indicatepressures from 25 to 125 pounds. lf desired, an indicator, such as apointer (not shown) on the knurled knob 73 may cooperate lwith indicia(not shown) on the bracket 75 `to indica-te the desired pressure atwhich the bulb will light.

Referring now to the powder and shot metering device 27 illustrated in F(EURES 1, 6 and 7, said metering device comprises a metering lbar 5%sl-idably mounted in a casing E@ for movement with respect to saidcasing in the direction of the length of the cross bar 19, to positioneither a shot measuring chamber 90 or a powder measuring chamber $1 inalignment with an opening 93 in a bottom plate 94 of the `casi-ng S91The opening 93 is in axial alignment with a tapered passageway 95 in aboss 96 projecting upwardly from the cross bar 19. lhe boss 96 is hollowand has a passageway 97 leading therethrough in communication with atapered passageway 95 having a large `diameter end of the diameter ofthe opening 93 and converging to the passageway 97 and allordins apassageway to the hollow interior portion or" the hollow plunger 26, foralternately supplying powder and shot to a shell in the shell holder 1S.

The casing $9 has a rear wall 91 having spaced ears 166' extendingItherefrom along the inner sides of spaced brackets lill, 161 extendingupwar ly from the top surface of the `cross bar 19. A pivot pin 1113extends Ithrough the brackets 1111 and ears 1d@ and forms a pivotalsupport for the casing Sii, accommodating said casing to be moved aboutsaid pivot pin into the inverted position shown by broken lines inFiGUlli 6, to accommodate a powder bottle 164i. and a shot bottle 1615'to be threaded in threaded ttings `1116 and 167 respectively, extendingfrom the top face of the casing S9, when the respective powder and shotbottles are in upright positions.

The pivot pin 193 has an inturned end portion lil? extending parallel tosaid pin and adapted to slidably lit within registering aperturedportions 11d in the adjacent Ibracket portion 1611 and adjacent ear 11%to lock the bracket S9' in the horizontally exten-ded position shown inFIGURES l and 6.

As shown in FIGURE 7, the top plate of the casing 59 has aperturedportions 111 and 112 extending centrally of the respective fittings 166and 1%7 for the powder and shot bottles 164 and 105. The aperturedportion 111 has a washer or gasket 115 therein, the inner margin ofwhich is 0f the same diameter as the powder measuring chamber 91 iin themetering bar SS. The apertured portion 112` has a similar washer orgasket 116 therein, the inner margin or which is of the same diameter asthe metering chamber 911. Washers 117 and 11S are seated within theinlet ttings lil-5 and 197 respectively, and are abutted by the ends oft le mouths of the bottles. The washers 117 and 11d cooperate with thegaskets 115 and 116 to seal the mouths of the respective powder and shotbottles 104 and 105 and prevent jamming of the metering bar 88 by shotor powder which may tend to lodge between the top plate of the casing 89and the metering bar 8S, if it were not for said gaskets and washers.

In the operation of filling a shell with powder, wadding and shot in`the shell hol-der 15, the shell is first placed in the shell holder 15with the lingers 67 extending within the paper case oi' the shell. Thehandle 25 lis then grasped to move the shaft 65, and lever arms 37 in adirection to -raise the cross head 12.y move the shell holder 15 andshell mounted thereon within the plunger Z6. The powder measuringchamber 91 of the metering bar `8S is then moved into alignment ywiththe inner margin of the gasket and is thereby lled with a measuredquantity oil powder. Movement of the metening bar 8d in a directionwhich in FEGURE 7 is toward the 4right registers the measuring chamber91 with the tapered or funnel like passageway 95 in the boss 96, todischarge the powder through the hollow interior or the plunger' 26 intothe shell.

The over powder wad may then be placed in the shell through the top ofthe shell holder 15 and the handle ZS may be operated to move the crosshead 12, shell holder 15 toward the plunger 216, to engage the plunger2.5 with the over powder wad and press the over powder wadintoengagement with the powder at a preselected pressure, etermined bylighting of the bulb 80;

The shell holder 15 and shell carried by the shell holder are then moveddownwardly and the filler wad is placed within the shell and presseddownwardly by the plunger 2d, upon movement of the shell upwardlytov/ard said plunger.

The metering bar 38 may then be moved into the position shown in FlGURE7, with the shot measuring chamber in alignment with the aperture 553and passageway 97, to discharge a measured quantity of shot through ltheplunger Z6 into the shell casing. The shell may then be Withdrawn fromthe plunger 26 by movement of the cross head 12 and shell holder 1Stowards tl e base 1t?. The filled shell may then be removed from theshell holder 15 and placed m the shell holder 17.

The shell holder 17 is like the shell holder 13 and is in axial`alignment with the sizing and crimping die 3d. The sizing and crimpingdie 3il is of a conventional form so need not herein be shown ordescribed except to point out that the sizing and crimping die has atapered inner wall portion 119sizing the paper casing orr the shell uponmovement of the shell within said die. The tapered wall portion 119`converges to a tapered wall portion 121 extending at a sharper anglethan the angle of the tapered wall portion 11g! The tapered wall portion12,1 moves the slit end portion of the paper shell casing inwardly to becrimped over the powder by the head 31 on the end of the plunger 3d, asthe cross head 12 is moved toward the cross bar 19, to move the shellcasing within the die 36'. The shell is now reloaded.

lt should here be understood that while we have herein ydescribed theoperation of loading a single shell, that three shells in various stagesof reloading may be placed on. the shell holders 13, 1S and 17 and thethree stages of operation just described may be performedsimultaneously.

ln FEGURE 8, we have illustrated the manner in which the` shell reloaderof our invention may be converted to reload spent fiile and revolver lorpistol shells. ln order to convert the shell reloader, it is merelynecessary to remove the nuts 2.1i and washers 21 from the columns 11 andthen remove the cross bar 19 together with the dies and powder and shotbottles from said columns. The pivot pins 41 may then be loosened fromthe ends of the cross head 12 and the cross head 12 may also be removedfrom the columns 11. An alternate cross head 12a having rifle or pistolshell holders thereon (not shown) may then be placed on the columns 11.The links 39 may then be pivotally connected to opposite ends of thecross head 12a by the machine screws lil.

Snap rings 12d may then be snapped into recesses 125 in the columns 11and a lcross bar 1% like the cross bar 19. except having rifle or pistolshell loading dies depending therefrom `may be placed Von the columns 11into engagement with the snap rings 124. Sleeves may then be placed onthe columns 11 into engagement with the cross bar 19a. The cross bar 19amay :then be held in position on the columns 11 by the nuts Ztl threadedon said columns and abutting washers 2i engaging the tops of the sleevesi253. The machine is now in condition to reload spent rifle or `pistolshells in a manner similar to Which it reloads shot gun shells.

It may be seen from the foregoing that we have provided a simple andcompact shell reloader particularly adapted to reload spent shot gunshells with a minimum of operating stations and loading operations, thata first station of the `shell reloader deprimes the spent shell, sizesthe brass :casing of the shell, sizes the primer hole to a selectedstandard size and reprimes the shell with a simple down and up movementof the operating handle for the shell reloader and that the spent primercap is caught as it is punched from the shell, and is discharged to oneside of the shell reloader for collection.

It may further be seen that yat the second station of the shellreload-er, the exact pressure at which the wadding is placed into theshell into engagement with the powder may be readily determined by theindicator bulb Sti, and that the metering device for powder and shot isof a simplified form utilizing transparent bottles as containers for thepowder and shot enabling the level of the shot and shell in the bottlesto be ascertained at a glance, and that the `metering device isinvertible to accommodate mounting of the shot and powder containers onthe metering device when in right side up positions.

It may still further lbe seen that the conversion of the shell reloaderfor loading rie and pistol shells in place of shot gun shells has beensimplitied and the shell reloader may readily be converted and utilizedfor loading ride and pistol shells in a minimum amount of time.

While We have herein shown and described one form of which our inventionmay be embodied, it may readily be understood that various variationsand modifications in the invention may be attained Without departingfrom lthe spirit and scope of the novel concepts thereof, as defined bythe claims appended hereto.

'We claim as our invention:

1. In a shell reloader, a base, a pair of columns extending upwardlyfrom said base, a cross head guided on said `columns for verticalmovement therealong, a cross bar Xedly mounted on said columns inventical-ly spaced relation with respect to said cross head, a pivotshaft journalled on said base, a hand lever on the end of said shaft,link and lever means connected between said pivot shaft and cross headfor moving said Icross head along said columns upon operation of saidhand lever, a shell holder mounted on said cross head and facing saidcross bar and having a central apertured portion leading therethrough, agenerally cylindrical shell sizer die extending from said cross bartoward said cross head in axial alignment with said shell holder, aprimer remover and primer hole sizer die mounted on said cross headwithin and concentric 4of said shell sizer die 'and having a taperedlower end portion movable into a primer cap upon movement of said crosshead towards said ycross bar, means mounted on said shaft and movableinto the spa-ce beneath said iapertured portion of said shell holder forcatching and `ejecting a primer cap beyond said base upon movement ofsaid primer remover and primer hole sizer to remove a primer cap from ashell carried by said shell holder, and a primer cap support yieldablymounted on said base beneath said cross head in axial alignment withsaid primer remover and primer hole sizer die and supporting a primercap to be extended through said apertured portion of said shell holderto replace the primer cap in a shell mounted thereon upon movement ofsaid cross head and shell holder away from said cross bar.

2 in a shell reloader, a base, at least one column mounted on andextending upwardly of said base, a cross head guided for movement alongsaid column, a cross bar mounted on said column above said cross head, aroch shaft pivotally mounted on said base, a hand lever on said shaft, alever and link connection between said rock shaft and said cross headfor vertically -moving said cross head along said column, a shell holdermounted on said cross head and facing said cross bar. said shell holderand cross head having aligned central apertured portions accommodatingthe ejection of a spent primer cap therethrough, a deprimer dieextending from said cross bar toward said cross head, a primer capsupport on the opposite side of said cross head from said cross bar inaxial alignment with said deprimer die, an arm mounted on and extending`from said rock shaft, a primer catcher mounted on the outer end of saidarm and moved by said rock shaft upon operation of said hand lever intoposition beneath and into the space between said prilmer cap support andcross head in alignment with the apertured portions of said shell holderand cross head upon movement of said deprimer die to rernove a spentprimer cap from la shell, for catching the primer cap and ejecting theprimer cap for collection beyond said -base fupon reverse `movement ofsaid hand lever and rock shaft to reprime `a shell on said shell holder.

3. ln a shell reloader, a base, at least one column on said oase andextending upwardy therefrom, a cross head guided for movement along saidcolumn, a cross bar ixedly mounted on said column above said cross head,a shell holder mounted on said cross head .and having a primer capdischarge opening in the center thereof for discharging primer capsthrough said cross head, a deprimer die extending downwardly from saidcross bar toward said cross head, a rock shaft rockingly mounted `onsaid base, a hand lever for rockingly moving said shaft, a link andlever connection between said rock shaft and cross head for moving saidcross head toward and from said cross bar upon operation of said handlever, an arm mounted on and extending radially of said rock shaft, 4aprimer catcher comprising a tray secured to the end of said arm andangularly mov-able into position beneath said primer cap dischargeopening through said shell holder to catch a spent primer cap uponmovement of said die -into position to deprime a spent shell, and-movable in a reverse direction for discharging the spent primer capupon movement of said cross head in a direction to reprime the shell.

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1. IN A SHELL RELOADER, A BASE, A PAIR OF COLUMNS EXTENDING UPWARDLYFROM SAID BASE, A CROSS HEAD GUIDED ON SAID COLUMNS FOR VERTICALMOVEMENT THEREALONG, A CROSS BAR FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID COLUMNS INVERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID CROSS HEAD, A PIVOTSHAFT JOURNALLED ON SAID BASE, A HAND LEVER ON THE END OF SAID SHAFT,LINK AND LEVER MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PIVOT SHAFT AND CROSS HEADFOR MOVING SAID CROSS HEAD ALONG SAID COLUMNS UPON OPERATION OF SAIDHAND LEVER, A SHELL HOLDER MOUNTED ON SAID CROSS HEAD AND FACING SAIDCROSS BAR AND HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURED PORTION LEADING THERETHROUGH, AGENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHELL SIZER DIE EXTENDING FROM SAID CROSS BARTOWARD SAID CROSS HEAD IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHELL HOLDER, APRIMER REMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER DIE MOUNTED ON SAID CROSS HEADWITHIN AND CONCENTRIC OF SAID SHELL SIZER DIE AND HAVING A TAPERED LOWEREND PORTION MOVABLE INTO A PRIMER CAP UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSS HEADTOWARDS SAID CROSS BAR, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND MOVABLE INTO THESPACE BENEATH SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID SHELL HOLDER FOR CATCHINGAND EJECTING A PRIMER CAP BEYOND SAID BASE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID PRIMERREMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER TO REMOVE A PRIMER CAP FROM A SHELLCARRIED BY SAID SHELL HOLDER, AND A PRIMER CAP SUPPORT YIELDABLY MOUNTEDON SAID BASE BENEATH SAID CROSS HEAD IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PRIMERREMOVER AND PRIMER HOLE SIZER DIE AND SUPPORTING A PRIMER CAP TO BEEXTENDED THROUGH SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID SHELL HOLDER TO REPLACETHE PRIMER CAP IN A SHELL MOUNTED THEREON UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CROSSHEAD AND SHELL HOLDER AWAY FROM SAID CROSS BAR.